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MF'MBAYTES. MATTRESS MAKING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

llllllll Application tiled June 25, 1895.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCES MARIAN BATES, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing.

at Tolar, in the county of l-Ioodand State of Texas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Mattress-Making Machines and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this speciieation.

This invention relates to certa-in new and useful improvements inmattress-presses, and especially to a new and improved mechanism foriirst pressing the material and then forcing the same into a mattress,which is suitably held at one end of the machine, guidestrips beingprovided to hold the material forming the filling for the mattressstraight and smooth while being forced into the tick.

To these ends and to such others as the invention lmay pertain the sameconsists further in the novel construction, combination and adaptationof the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanyin g drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawings similarletters of referenceindicate like parts throughout both views, in which- Figure l is avertical longitudinal section of a machine embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the press-box alone..

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the fram ework supportin g the press-box B, the side walls ofwhich box are provided with the longitudinal slots C near the top edgesof said sides.

D is a shaft having pinion-wheels E on each end, and F F are rack-bars,one secured on each side of the box and parallel with the said slots, onwhich rack-bars the said pinionwheels are designed to travel. Mounted onthe shaft D are the blocks G loosely journaledA thereon, and the saidblocks are connected bythe plun ger-bar Lwhieh is secured to the lowerlSerial No. 554,019. (No model.`l

portions of the blocks, an d .l J are guides sisting of elongated stripsof metal or Q material having sharpened points, and

adapted to reciprocate backward and for with the plunger-block when inopera i Three of these guides are here shown, an p of them extend fromthe plunger-blocl3 r L* .rv

slightly beyond the board L, and their obj is to keep the material.moving in a straigli line, while being forced into the ticking, y thusprevent the material from moving late ally, becoming tangled, andforming h: knots, as it will do if means are not used?, prevent it. lfthe materia-l is placed in a box in straight layers, these rods J willprevent them from mixing up and forming hard knot K is aremovable blockdesigned to rest o1 the block or plunger-bar l while the materi which isto iill the mattress is being pressed, and L is a removable board havingpins which are adapted to hold said board in place at the opposite endof the box during the pressing process.

Suspended from the top of the framework ot the device is the platform M,having connection with a winding-drum N by means of the cable N', whichpasses over a pulley O, and having connection with the ends of thecleats P. fl" are rods connecting the ends of sait cleats, and l arerings loosely hung on said rods.

the support for the press-box, and Q a ratchet-l wheel mounted thereon,and f/ is a dog and g'. a lever for winding said shaft. To each endbands are provided at their upper ends wit hooks R for catching therings l"2 on the rot P'. is to fill the mattress is pressed before itforced into the tick.

jecting port'ons S of the press-box.

The operation of the machine is as follow mattress is ii rst placed inthe box, the re1no\ able boa-rds at each end being in place upOiL thebox and then pressed by turning the shaf has been sufficiently pressed,Jthe forward en e .HX 91229.55.lQIQlleritherefon.and.,thenlungernmm. J..E.. KERK.

board is removed, and by placing a crank on one end oi' the shaft D theplunger-block I maybe forced forward and the material for ced into themattress, the guides serving to keep the material from clogging up andkeeping it straight'and smooth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

In a machine for making mattresses,.tlie

block and means for operating the plunger block, combined with the rodsJ, secured to the block and exi-ending longitudinally through the box,substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRAICES MARIAN IATES.

Vitnesses:

J. FLETCHER,

